PBX hacking SAME_AS Toll fraud
Paul Byrne describes toll fraud as otherwise commonly known as PBX hacking.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Paul Byrne EP 1 Details
“the crime of toll fraud or otherwise commonly known as PBX hacking”
Technique
technique:pbx_hacking
Also: toll fraud
Abuse of private branch exchange systems to originate unauthorised calls, often to pay-per-minute numbers.
Abuse of private branch exchange systems to originate unauthorised calls, often to pay-per-minute numbers.
“the crime of toll fraud or otherwise commonly known as PBX hacking”
“Anyone who knows the IP address of an insecure PBX can make phone calls that originate from that office.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | SAME_AS | Toll fraud | Explicit | 1 |
| outgoing | USES | Voicemail PIN guessing | Explicit | 1 |
| outgoing | USES | Call forwarding abuse | Explicit | 1 |
| outgoing | USES | Robo-dialer | Explicit | 1 |
| incoming | USES | Farhan Arshad | Explicit | 1 |
| incoming | USES | Noor Aziz Uddin | Explicit | 1 |
PBX hacking SAME_AS Toll fraud
Paul Byrne describes toll fraud as otherwise commonly known as PBX hacking.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Paul Byrne EP 1 Details
“the crime of toll fraud or otherwise commonly known as PBX hacking”
PBX hacking USES Voicemail PIN guessing
One PBX-hacking method involves remotely accessing voicemail and trying the last four digits of the phone number as the default PIN.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“The hacker will first try the last four digits of the phone number.”
PBX hacking USES Call forwarding abuse
After accessing voicemail, the hacker changes the permanent forwarding number to a pay-per-minute line.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“The hacker sets the call forwarding number to be the number of their pay-per-minute line.”
PBX hacking USES Robo-dialer
PBX hackers use robo-dialers to place hundreds or thousands of calls.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“They use robo-dialers, dialing hundreds of times a day or thousands of times in a weekend.”
Farhan Arshad USES PBX hacking
Farhan Arshad is identified as one of the two hackers arrested for PBX hacking.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“These two men were arrested for PBX hacking”
Noor Aziz Uddin USES PBX hacking
Noor Aziz Uddin is identified as one of the two hackers arrested for PBX hacking.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“These two men were arrested for PBX hacking”